Timur Laut acting police chief Lee Swee Sake said investigations revealed that the 32-year-old male suspect, who has previous convictions for criminal and drug-related cases, had feelings for the woman but these were not reciprocated.

In the incident, the victims, aged 30 and 62, were believed to have been stabbed to death by the suspect.

Lee said police were waiting for the suspect’s blood test report to determine if he was under the influence of drugs when the offence was committed.

Penang police chief Hamzah Ahmad was reported as saying that police received information from the public at about 1pm regarding a suspicious individual carrying a knife at the apartment building complex.

The suspect is being remanded until Nov 14 to assist in the murder probe under Section 302 of the Penal Code.

Separately, Lee said that the boyfriend and adopted sister of a 15-year-old girl who fell to her death from the 16th floor of a condominium in Farlim last Saturday were released on police bail pending the pathology report.

He said both of them, aged 18 and 19 and unemployed, were detained after their urine tests came back positive for drugs.

Lee said the post-mortem examination conducted on the victim’s body at the Penang Hospital yesterday revealed that her injuries were consistent with a fall from a great height.